Laurence Neil "Lol" Creme (born 19 September 1947) is an English musician and

music video director A music video director is the head of music video production. The director conceives of videos' artistic and dramatic aspects while instructing the musical act, technical crew, actors, models, and dancers. They may or may not be in collaboration ...

, best known for his work in

10cc 10cc are an English rock band formed in Stockport in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who had written and recorded together since 1968. The group featured t ...

. He sings and plays guitar, bass and keyboards.

Biography

Creme was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. Like bandmates

Graham Gouldman Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the co-lead singer and bassist of the art rock band 10cc. He has been the band's only constant member since its formation in 1972. Before 10cc ...

and

Kevin Godley Kevin Michael Godley (born 7 October 1945) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and music video director. He is known as the singer and drummer of the art rock band 10cc and later as part of collaboration duo Godley & Creme with Lol Creme ...

, Creme grew up in a Jewish household. While attending art school in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

, he took up the nickname Lolagon and met

. They joined the white R&B combo

The Sabres The Magic Lanterns were an English pop rock/ soft rock group formed in Warrington, Lancashire. Career They formed in 1962 as The Sabres, playing locally in Manchester and changing their name a few years later. They signed to CBS Records after ...

(The Magic Lanterns), Hotlegs and other bands together, most significantly

,Lester, Paul "Heirs to The Beatles: The story of 10cc". The Jewish Chronicle and in 1976 they left 10cc together to record as Creme & Godley (later

Godley & Creme Godley & Creme were an English rock duo formally established in Manchester in 1977 by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing music as a duo after their departure from the rock band 10cc. In 1979, they directed their first music vi ...

). The pair became music video directors, working with bands including Yes. Creme directed the 1991 Jamaican comedy film ''The Lunatic''. In 1988, Creme became a member of the band

Art of Noise Art of Noise (also The Art of Noise) were an English avant-garde synth-pop group formed in early 1983 by engineer/producer Gary Langan and programmer J. J. Jeczalik, along with keyboardist/arranger Anne Dudley, producer Trevor Horn, and music ...

, with

Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genre ...

and

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (wit ...

, and directed videos for the artists who recorded with them, such as Tom Jones. Further work with Horn followed, including forming the band The Trevor Horn Band Producers (now known as The Trevor Horn Band) with

Chris Braide Christopher Braide (born 1973) is an English songwriter, record producer and singer, formerly based in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, United States. Braide is known for being a pianist. First signed as a solo artist by David A. Stewart in t ...

and

Steve Lipson ''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people * Steve Adams (disambiguation), several people * Steve ...

Family

Creme's son Lalo was a member of the 1990s indie-dance band

Arkarna Arkarna is an English electronic/rock band, comprising singer-songwriter/programmer Ollie Jacobs and guitarist Matt Hart. Past members included James Barnett, guitarist Lalo Creme (son of former 10cc and Godley & Creme member Lol Creme) and d ...

, and has also worked on a number of projects with his father. Creme's wife, Angie, is the sister of ex-10cc member

Eric Stewart Eric Michael Stewart (born 20 January 1945) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the rock groups the Mindbenders with whom he played from 1963 to 1968, and likewise of 1 ...

's wife, Gloria.

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* 1947 births Living people Art of Noise members English rock guitarists English male guitarists English keyboardists English male singers English music video directors English songwriters Jewish English musicians Jewish rock musicians People from Prestwich Ivor Novello Award winners 10cc members The Trevor Horn Band members {{England-musician-stub